Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-06-28
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The Dayton Hedge GompapYt of
Dayton, Ohio, lis introducing its sys-
tenn of hedges in Chester county, and
that the good points,of itsoheGge sys=
tenn might 1be seen and understood,
the President, Wesley. Young, invited
a committee of Chester county far-
mers to,visit Dayton and investigate
the!standing of the company and tile
merits of its patent system Of hedge
fencing, which has been in use in
Ohio with success for a dozen years
or more, The committee, consisted
of John p. Sager, j. Mitchell Baker,
George Little and W. T. Painter, and
piloted by "A. r. Graham, of the
Dayton Hedge Company, and accom-
panied by your correspondent, the
guest of the company, left @Philadel-'
on Tuesday night for the Buckeye
State 80 ..rH.IT9 a.if 10 '.,1. s-.i 81 ~,
We arrived in the prosperous man
ufacturing town of Dayton at dusk
on Wednesday evening. Around.
about Dayton lie some fifty nurseries;
and4alI the land fertile and level is in
n high state of cultivation. Here the
hedges Of "The Dayton Hedge Co."
are used to advantage, being stock
proof rand even sboy-proof, so thatthe
nHrseriessare safe from Degradation.
Knowing from-an association. with the
farmers throughout ChesterJcounty
that the fence question grows every
year one. of more Importance, as the
forest trees are being ruthlessly de-
stroyed, I shall enter into more de-
tailed account of the coming fence,
as I take it to be. Here the timber
fence is scarce, for reasons obvious.
The hedge takes its place, and where
we compared them, the Young patents
were; the best the cheapest and the
hand Around - aytonl. are
many handsome suburban residences.
High on the bank above the Big Miami
River I was pointed out \ beautiful
residence. Here still resides the
gentleman who as an influential poll
tician secured the appointment of
William Tecumseh Sherman to West
Point. Around the beautiful lawn
grew handsome hedges. The adjoin-
ing villa was likewise hedged in
The property belonged to E. L. Bar
ney, the rich banker of Dayton. Our
party aIighted from their carriages
and proceeded to examine this hedge.
At the gateway it was superbly
rounded and thing Of beauty 1t
was all that was claimed for it-being
not only stock proof but SO tight that
n bird could not fly through it. Here
was one mile of hedge, and there was
not break in it. 1t has been
trimmed twice a year at one cent per
rod per year. On digging at its base
the lateral roots were found not to ex-
tend but few inches. The party
unanimously agreed that this hedge
was the best they had ever seen.-
Riding along we passed dozens of
strawberry patches where men and
boys we're gathering the ripe berries
for the Cincinnati markets.
On the farm of Henry Smith, near
Dayton, we saw hedge planted on
the Dayton Hedge system, but which
had been attended to by the owner
himself. 1t was avery fine hedge.
After being trained down at an angle
of 45 degrees, the new shoots had
sprung up straight making an inpen-
ctrabIe fence, and as it had been
dwarfed, no big roots shot out as is
the case with our Chester county
standard hedges. 1t was about three
feet six inches high. The farmer
trimmed it twice year, and could
trim rs fast as man can walk.
A line hedge between the farms of
II. FIory and NJ. Miller was a marvel
considering the circumstances un-
der which it grew. 1t was set out
about eight years ago, when q water
spout raised an adjoining creek and
swept everything before it. The
hedge was covered with debris sew
eral feet deep and laid fat. The
owner concluded to pull it up, but
was advised by the Dayton Hedge
Company to straighten it up and re-
move the debris. This was done by
hitching teams to it. That was last
fall. Now it is growing nicely, is
stock-proof. and a very good hedge
indeed Not n root was pulled up,
nor was there break in it. On dig
ging the roots were found to go
straight down into the ground.
At the Dayton Soldiers Home they
have about three miles of the Dayton
Hedge Co.'s hedge around the
grounds of this grand institution for
the invalid and disabled soldiers
The hedge we examined was extreme
ly handsome. and would be an orna-
ment to any place. The Govern
ment is so well pleased with it that
they have recently put in some new
hedge on this system, and will plant
more as their appropriation permits.
Gen. Patrick, the superintendent.
speaks in the highest terms of the
hedge and the Dayton Hedge Com
pany- ~
In another letter I viii endeayor to
give you some account of the Home,
as it is worthy of more lengthy no
tice than is DossfbIe in tflis-as the